As part of Design Miami’s Talks Program, Therme Art presented its Therme Forum Back to the Body: Human-Oriented Forms in Art, Design and Architecture

The absence of nature in our cities can be seen as a reflection of the disconnection we are experiencing with our bodies. How can we reconnect with ourselves through art, design and architecture? How can art re-program our current self-perceptions?

On 6 December 2018, Therme Art co-hosted the prestigious Design Miami/ Talks Program, which included a three-part series of Therme Forum conversations on sustainability, body and art in design, architecture and urban planning.

The highly anticipated Therme Forum, Back to the Body: Human-Orientated Forms in Art, Design and Architecture panel discussion filled the Francis Kéré-designed Talks Theatre with a lively discussion led by Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, and thought-provoking perspectives on human-oriented forms in art, design, and architecture.

“How do we unify our legs and our arms as they fall down under gunfire? How do we unify our bodies in poor or thriving conditions under inadequate infrastructures playing double dutch? What does that mean: the insistence of a jump in a space, on a street, being a cultural moment?” — Torkwase Dyson, Artist

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